Folding bottle-case



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FOLDING BOTTLE CASE. No. 404,809. Patented June 4, 1889.

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FOLDING BOTTLE CASE.

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ENOS L. IVALKER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GABRIEL I'IOYT, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

FOLDING BOTTLECASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of 'Letters Patent No. 104,809, dated June 4, '1889.

Application iiled August 28, 1888i.

To all wiz/0m it' may concern:

Be it known that I, ENos L. WALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Folding Bottle-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement on the invention patented by me August 21, 1888, and numbered 388,325, for which I filed an application on January 80, 1888, Serial No. 262,391, and relates to a folding elastic packing whose partitions, when erected, are in position to cushion the bottles that are held between them, and which packing, when folded down, is adjusted in a small compass for economic return shipping; and the invention consists in features of novelty, hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a perspective view of a series of cross-partitions of the cellular pac-king. Fig. II is a perspective view of a series of main partitions, and between the contiguous partitions a series of the cross-partitions is t-o be placed. Fig. III is a perspective view of a case in which the cellular packing is seated. Fig. IV is a vertical section and shows bottles seated in their cells and nestled within the elastic packing. Fig. V is an enlarged detail of a double-walled partition surmounted by the cap that couples together the two walls of said partition, and shows the cross-scores at the angle-turns where the walls of the partition are hinged to the cap. Fig. VI is a perspective view of a series of partitions folded down ready for package, for shipment, or reshipment; and Fig. VII is a vertical section of the same.

Referring' to the drawings, in which similar iigures of reference indicate like parts in all the views, 1 represents a case or box, made of wood or other suitable material, in which my elastic packing is used. The packing is preferably made of wood veneer, but may be of mill or paste board or any other suitable material. Wide elastic double wall or in- Serial No. 283,988. (No model.)

easement partitions 2 run vertically either longitudinally or transversely of the case. The said partitions constitute cushioned walls of the cells for the safe carriage of the bottles 4. l

5 represents the narrow elastic double wall or incasement cross-partiti ons. This series of Partitions is long enough to fill the space provided between any two of the adjoining main partitions 2.

I have shown square cells and square bottles; butI do not confine myself to that shape, for it is evident that the cells can as readily be constructed of oblong shape as square, and will frequently be so constructed for packing bottles of corresponding shape.

For both main and cross partitions the blanks have a foot-section 6, a double part-ition-wall 7, that rises vertically to slightly above the height of the shoulders of the bottles to be incased, a surmounting-cap 8, that connects the two sections of the double wall of the partition, and a bottom section 9.

The cross-partitions are substantially identical with sections cut transversely of the main partitions. Like said partitions between which they intervene, they are constructed with double walls, which, unlike those of my bottle-case patented August 21, 1888, are parallel to each other. This construction provides an equally efficient air cushion 10 throughout the Whole height of the partition and presents an elastic clinging surface in contact with the sides of the bottles that gently holds said bottles in the embrace of the partitions and prevents their rattling from the vibrations of the conveyance that carries them. The blank is scored at 11, 12,13, and 14 across its whole width, and is bent at the scores, as shown in Figs. I and II, so as to form the aforesaid foot-section 6, double wall-partitionV 7, surmounting-cap 8, and bottom section 9. Each part of the partition is then stitched through the veneer to the adjoining part, with which it is thus connected, theline of stitches 15 running through the bottom and foot-section of one part and the bottom of the adjoining part, which stitched connection is repeated in the attachment of the several part-s to the adjoining ones. Vhen .so stitched,

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both the wide and narrow partitions standing erect, as shown in Figs. I and Il, are ready for seating within the case, as shown in Figs. III and IV. The wide partitions are placed Iirst in position and then the narrow interdivisional partitions are placed in the spaces between the walls of the wide partitions. Complete cells are thus formed for nestingthe bottles that are cushioned at the bottom by the bottom sections of the main and cross partitions, and are provided with elastic air-cushions on all sides.

As the shoulders of the bottles compress the side cushions sli ghtlybelow the surmounting-cap 8, which couples thetwo sections of the double wall, the said cap-sections slightly project from the top of the partition-walls over the shoulders of the bottles and help to hold the bottles down to their seats in the cells.

In Fig. III is shown the packing seated in a case of sufficient height for the carriage of long-necked bottles, and in Fig. IV a lower case for shortsneckcd ones. The packing is the same in cach case, the difference being in the depth of the cases in which the packing is used.

In Figs. VI and VII the packing is shown folded down for shipment from the factory where it ismanufactured, and also for returnshipping after use when it is not desired to return the cases.

The lines of stitching l5, which secure the adjoining sections of the packing together, form elastic hinges, which allow the free folding of the packing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l.. A cellular packing for bottleeases,com prising partit-ions of flexible material, each having parallel walls and a top and bottom, forming between them an inclosed air-space, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In cellular packing for bottle-cases, thecombination of the partitions of iiexible material, each having parallel walls and a top and bottom, forming between them an inclosed air-space, and a series of cross-partitions of the same construction placed at a right angle to the aforesaid partitions in the spaces between them, the two series of parti tions constituting the cells to inclose the bottles, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In cellular packing for bottle-cases, the combination of theparallel-wall incasementpartitions constructed from an integral blank of flexible material which is crossscored at l1, 12,13, and 1t and folded at said crossscores to form the foot-sections (l, double partition-incasement 7, surmounting-cap S, and bottom section 9 of said partitions, and a series of interdivisional partitions of the same construction and placed at right angles to the aforesaid partitions in the spaces between the same, and together therewith constituting the cells that inclose the bottles, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4C. In cellular packing for bottle-cases, the combination of the parallel-wall incasementpartitions 2 of iiexible material, cross-partitions 5 of the same construction, which partitions together constitute the bottle-cells, and elastic bottom cushions that are formed by the foot, and bottom sections that extend from the bottom of the partition and form a multiple elastic layer at thebottom of the cells beneath the bottles, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In cellular packing for bottle-cases, the combination of the parallel-wall incasementpartitions of flexible material, cross-partitions of the same construct-ion, the partitions jointly constituting the bottle-cells, elastic bottom cushions formed by the foot, and bottom sections which extend from the bottom of the partitions and which cushion the bottom of the cells, and the line of stitches 15, that form flexible hinged connections of the sectional partitions, by which to erect the partitions for the package of bottles and fold them down for shipping empty, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ENOS L. XVALKER.

In presence of IYEENJN. A. KNIGHT, Enw. S. KNIGHT. 

